David Carnegie Andrew Agnew

“ After the massacre at Vassy in 1562, Laurent Flourrois took refuge in Geneva, and two families were founded by his sons Gideon and Jean — descendants of. the offspring of both sons are believed still to exist in America. The second son of Gideon was Jacques, and the latter had four sons, one of whom, named Pierre, settled in England.
It is probable that the parents of the refugee had again settled in the land of their fathers. In the stream of French refugees from the dragonnades Peter Flournoys came to England, and he was naturalized on the 28th June 1682 (see List vi.) ”

“ Mr. Flournois must have been known at the dinner-tables of the upper classes. At a later date he received the office of Clerk of the Robes and Wardrobes to his Majesty. He died in 1719. In his Will he remembers his pupils “Lord Muskerry and his brother Mr. ”